Growing Herbs With Confidence

The complete and authoritative guide to more than 500 herbs. The most complete reference catalog of nature’s herbs ever published.

From the Publisher

Soothe your nerves, cure your cough, color your fabrics, perfume your bath, stimulate your lover, spice your sauces, stop your nightmares, freshen your breath — with herbs… The most complete catalog of nature’s “miracle plants” ever published.
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“If this book shall instill or awaken in its readers the wholesome though “cupboard” love that the culinary herbs deserve both as permanent residents of the garden and as masters of the kitchen, it will have accomplished the object for which it was written.”

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Growing herbs in Hampton Roads: A basic guide

Review

“Your Backyard Herb Garden captures all the excitement of herbs and makes them easy to grow and enjoy.”–Susan McClure, author of The Herb Gardener”A skilled gardener and teacher, Miranda Smith knows her subject well, writes about it easily, and obviously enjoys the special charms of herbs. She conveys all this in Your Backyard Herb Garden. Her no-nonsense advice on soil building, fertilizing, pest control, and watering is pure gold. She also covers harvesting and using he (more…)